One L"A wonderful book...it should be read by anyone who has ever contemplated going to law school. Or anyone who has ever worried about being human."--The New York Times It was a year of terrors and triumphs, of depressions and elations, of compulsive work, pitiless competition, and, finally, mass hysteria. It was Scott Turow's first year at the oldest, biggest, most esteemed center of legal education in the United States. Turow's experiences at Harvard Law School, where freshmen are dubbed One Ls, parallel those of first-year law students everywhere. His gripping account of this critical, formative year in the life of a lawyer is as suspenseful, said The New York Times, as "the most absorbing of thrillers." |
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... thought , his crazy hypos : If battery is a mere offensive touch- ing , is it battery to kiss a woman good night , if she demurely says no ? To push a man off a bridge that's about to collapse ? Or does consent somehow cure those wrongs ...
... thought , his crazy hypos : If battery is a mere offensive touch- ing , is it battery to kiss a woman good night , if she demurely says no ? To push a man off a bridge that's about to collapse ? Or does consent somehow cure those wrongs ...
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... thought a second . Then suddenly I was speaking from the frenzied center of everything that had gripped me in the ... thought about myself . It's a tough place , I told myself . Bad things are happening . Work hard . Do your best . Learn ...
... thought a second . Then suddenly I was speaking from the frenzied center of everything that had gripped me in the ... thought about myself . It's a tough place , I told myself . Bad things are happening . Work hard . Do your best . Learn ...
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... thought , you are still not cool . When time was called at one , I walked back and forth at the front of the room applauding . I hooted , I hollered . I went out to the arcade where BSA was serving beer and drank four cups fast . Aubrey ...
... thought , you are still not cool . When time was called at one , I walked back and forth at the front of the room applauding . I hooted , I hollered . I went out to the arcade where BSA was serving beer and drank four cups fast . Aubrey ...
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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Scott Turow Limited preview - 2010 |
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